Auckland Nines - 2014

[The Elephant In The room]

Limes are where its at

Have you seen the prices of those bastards lately though?

 

[The Colonel]

Growing your own makes then heaps cheaper. And if you grow kaffir limes you can use the leaves as well.

 

[The Elephant In The room]

Growing your own makes then heaps cheaper. And if you grow kaffir limes you can use the leaves as well.

Easier to just steal them off the neighbours. Luckily my kids are small enough to boost over the fence without any dramas.

#FatherOfTheYear

 

[The Elephant In The room]

There's definitely a lot of competition for wing spots. Which isn't necessarily a good thing.

Must be due for a team list thread in that case.

 

[spiderdan]

Growing your own makes then heaps cheaper. And if you grow kaffir limes you can use the leaves as well.

fracken racist.

 

[Gronk]

Finger limes

 

[carson]

What about a slice of lemon in a gin and tonic? Or ladies who wear comfortable shoes?

Try a couple of slices of cucumber in you gin and tonic!!

 

[The Colonel]

Finger limes

Prickly little merkins of things. Good eating though. Mine hasn't flowered yet.

 

[Pazza]

Willie is looking mega fit. hope this guy can play 20+ games this season!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

The merkin owes us.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Try a couple of slices of cucumber in you gin and tonic!!

I have...partic. with Hendricks....but still put the lemon in too (and some pepper...and sometime coriander if I'm feeling a bit metrosexual).

 

[Lemon Squash]

aghhhh the humble lemon, how it divides the masses!

You know Nathan Hindmarsh used to eat a whole raw lemon every game day before playing for the mighty Eels, and on days where he really wanted to have a big game he'd squirt the juice directly into his eyes.

Lemon worked out okay for him #toughmerkin #f*cklimes

 

[oldmancraigy]

aghhhh the humble lemon, how it divides the masses!

You know Nathan Hindmarsh used to eat a whole raw lemon every game day before playing for the mighty Eels, and on days where he really wanted to have a big game he'd squirt the juice directly into his eyes.

Lemon worked out okay for him #toughmerkin #f*cklimes

he also used to squirt one down his crack. Which explains why he never stopped moving I guess?

 

[Gary Gutful]

Ray Price used to do the same thing, except he would use a durian.

 

[Gary Gutful]

I have...partic. with Hendricks....but still put the lemon in too (and some pepper...and sometime coriander if I'm feeling a bit metrosexual).

That sounds like a salad in a glass.

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

Where is Michael Lett these days? Didn't he retire? He would go well in he Nines. Pete would think so anyway.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Where is Michael Lett these days? Didn't he retire? He would go well in he Nines. Pete would think so anyway.

Pretty sure he played for the cutters last year in the nsw cup ( dragons Illawarra feeder club)

He relocated to the Illawarra for a job in the mines.

 

[Gronk]

Eels 9's team are training at Papatoetoe NZ tonight.

 

[Bigfella]

His career was that quiet he's hoping the Auckland 9s might unearth the first Michael lett

 

[Joely01]

what do people think our strongest lineup this week will be?

I'm going with:
Ken Sio
John Folau
Willie Tonga (c)
Semi Radradra
Corey Norman
Chris Sandow
Pauli Pauli
Nathan Peats
Peni Terepo

Bench:
Kenny Edwards
Bureto Faraimo
FuiFui Moimoi
Ryan Morgan
Joseph Paulo
Api Pewhairangi
Manu Mau
Vai Toutai


I think big, quick mobile players will be the way to win this, So id name more backs then forwards.
Players like John Folau and Semi should be beasts in this tournament.
Then with Peni and Pauli Pauli big fast forwards, and interchanging with Manu and Fui.

All in all i think we have a very good mix of players the more i look at our squad, and i give us quite a good shot at this.